FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Nathan Smith: Share your tips and thoughts on how to to write a concise but useful book review. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a new weekly Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we … Read more
Title: When Heroes Fall Series: Champion of the Gods Book Five Author: Andrew Q. Gordon Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/DSP Publications Pages: 438 Reviewer: Kel Johnson, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It took the Seven to create the world, each to rule Their own, until Neldin sought to rule it all. The Six defeated Neldin three millennia ago, but time has no meaning to a god. Before the dust settled from the first conflict, both sides set in motion plans for the next one. As Champion of the Six, Farrell, with Kel’s … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Have you ever read a book that has great reviews, especially reviews that get you to buy it, and you find that book to be not very good? Or the reverse – a book whose reviews were bad but which turned out to be really good? Please do not share links or titles for this one. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a new weekly Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we … Read more
Title: Seeing is a CurseSeries: Seeing is Believing, Book TwoAuthor: Terry PooleGenre: ParanormalLGBTQ+ Category: Gay/MMPublisher: Loose-IDPages/Word Count: 164 PagesBuy Link:https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Curse-Believing-Book-ebook/dp/B076HCMF1G/Reviewer: Maryann About the Book: Back from the dead, Eric is reunited with his love, Kevin, only to be torn apart by blackmail and treachery. Coming back from the dead changes a man as Detective Erik James discovers when he is reunited with Doctor Kevin Stuart, the love of his life. The last thing he expected was to become a ghost whisperer, able to guide lost souls. They barely get a chance to explore Erik’s new abilities when they are abruptly … Read more
Title: Seeing Is BelievingSeries: SERIESNAMEAuthor: Terry PooleGenre: ParanormalLGBTQ+ Category: Gay/MMPublisher: Loose-IDPages/Word Count: 276 PagesBuy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Believing-book-Terry-Poole/dp/1717731023Reviewer: Maryann About the Book: Max Cooke, a sweet lonely man who writes romance stories, is the only witness to the murder of a police detective. Struggling with the aftermath of the killing, Max never dreamed that the dead detective’s ghost would appear at the foot of his bed two days later.Nick Horvath must learn what being a ghost means, sometimes with hilarious results. The two men discover that they are somehow bound together as they explore the feelings developing between them. When the murderer … Read more
Title: Slow Thaw Series: Escape From the Holidays Collection Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Romance, Near Future LGBTQ+ Category: MM, gay, trans Publisher: Mischief Corner Books Pages/Word Count: 88 pages Get It On Amazon Blurb: Javier Fernandez is a climate scientist living in a research station near the South Pole. Since his husband was killed in a car crash, he’s preferred to be alone, and is less than thrilled to have a junior scientist thrust upon him by his rich patron. Col Steele is a trans man fleeing a bad break-up. He is ready for the next step in his career, … Read more
Title: Something to Celebrate Series: Escape from the Holidays Collection Author: Evelyn Benvie Genre: Paranormal, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: M/NB, demisexual Publisher: Mischief Corner Books Pages: 84 Blurb: Niko doesn’t hate the holidays; that would require too much commitment. He just doesn’t care about them anymore. He’s a demi, disillusioned mess and he doesn’t care about much at all. That is, until an enticing stranger blows into his life this Christmas and catches his attention—and his heart. Amazon Review: “Human belief was a fickle and fluid thing.” I found “Something to Celebrate” to be poetic and beautiful. Niko doesn’t celebrate holidays. … Read more
Title: A Hymn in the Silence Series: Dark is the Night Book 2 Authors: Kelley York and Rowan Altwood Genre: historical, horror, romance, paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: m/m, cis, gay, bisexual Publisher: x-potion designs Pages/Word Count: 291 pages Buy Link: http://mybook.to/DitN Blurb Since graduating from Whisperwood School for Boys, William has found a sense of normalcy in his life with James. He has a steady (albeit secret) relationship, a home, and a job—even if it doesn’t pay the greatest. Nevermind that he lacks James’ reckless bravery when it comes to dealing with spirits; he does his best and it hasn’t killed … Read more